The measurement of mental attentional capacity: A neo-Piagetian developmental study

Intelligence

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-78

  Pennings, Albèr H ^a   Hessels, Marco G P ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0012491733     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2896(96)80006-7     Document Type: Article

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